Overview | What did historical figures imagine our lives would look like today? How can we make informed predictions about the future? In this lesson, students consider and discuss predictions aboAuthor(s): Creator not set

Thailand Bottle Temple made from Over One Million Glass Bottles From 1984 until today, Buddhist monks from Thailand's Sisaket province built the Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew temple from over one million glass bottles. Villagers continue to donate bottles. The bottle-built temple complex continues to expand. (03:00)Author(s): No creator set

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Four Uses of Quotation Marks This video features a teacher outlining the four uses of quotation marks: direct quotations, writing titles, around defined words and phrases, and with the use of sarcasm. An example of a direct quotation is given. ( 1:28) Author(s): No creator set

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How to Listen to Classical Music: Symphony 101 Watch video of the class “Symphony 101,” held Jan. 20, 2011. Giancarlo Guerrero, music director and conductor of the Nashville Symphony, leads an engaging and invigorating discussion about the elements and structure of the music of the symphony orchestra. What is a symphony? Maestro Guerrero will dissect the symphonic form exploring scherzo, minuet, theme andkeep reading »Author(s): Vanderbilt News Service

The Young People's Chorus of New York City The Young People's Chorus was founded by conductor Francisco Nuñez to celebrate the diversity and musical richness of his hometown, New York City. In this performance video from From the Top at Carnegie Hall, listen to a performance of Panta Rhei (Greek for "all things are in flux") by another New Yorker, composer Jim Papoulis. Many of the musical elements—a driving rhythm, syncopation, atonality, and surprising percussion—contribute to the sense of change and movement. Author(s): No creator set

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Civil Rights Movements This short video teaches about the meaning of Jim Crow laws and also introduces the students to Homer Plessy, one of the lesser known civil rights leaders. (0:36)Author(s): No creator set

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Great Opera Scenes with Renee Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky America's favorite soprano, Renee Fleming, and Russia's greatest living baritone, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, travel to St. Petersburg--the "Venice of the North"--where they perform great opera scenes in the magnificent palaces of the Czars in the former capital of Imperial Russia. The video is part of a series from PBS titled Great Performances. (01:24:25)Author(s): No creator set

SHELBY's Child-Focused Planning Process Overview of how the SHELBY Child Impact Assessment process helps planners and policymakers foreground the needs of children in their projects and proposals.Author(s): No creator set